October 25, 1995
CO · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Basin Resources Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ACCORDING TO WITNESS THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A PLUGGED SUCTION HOSE ON THE RIGHT BOOM OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL FROMTHE MINE ROOF ON THE INBY SIDE OF THE ATRS PIVTOTED B ACKWARDS STRUCK EMPLOYEE & PINNED HIM AGAINST THE BOOM